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mac01021 on Nov 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What if jobs are not the solution but the problem?

It's tricky to talk about what is objectively harmful in a world where people's interests are less than perfectly aligned.

Those jobs exist because someone finds them beneficial.

qplex on Nov 26, 2016 [–]

If someone finds something beneficial, it is not a statement on if that particular thing is the right or wrong thing to do.

I'm not sure what you mean with perfectly aligned interests. What would those be?

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